Title - Fancy Nancy Pajama Day Author: O'Connor, Jane Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Nancy is all set to wear something special for Pajama Day at school. But when Bree and Clara show up in matching outfits, Nancy feels left out. Will this Pajama Day be as fun as she thought? Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 288 2.2 530 Amazon RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels Sentences Total Words Different Words Max Word/Sent 14 Total # of Words 444 # of Different Words 209 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 245 55.2% # of Hi freq words 82 39.2% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 19 4.3% # of Low freq words 12 5.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Character traits Simple Plot First Person Present Tense Topics Jealousy *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words bree dilemma elegant excluded folk immature lunches partners polka triplets unique unison